Highlight text given String and String-Pattern

Question

given a String:

string = "the cat is on the mat"

and given a String-Pattern

stringPattern = "c" ~~ _ ~~ "t"

question

write a function that formats its output such that every occurrence of the String-Pattern in the String is Highlighted

 f[string, stringPattern]

Not to discourage answers here, just as a reference, there is this ResourceFunction["HighlightText"]["This is some test text.", "test"] — Jason B., May 27 '21 at 11:10

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '21 at 11:11

4

f = StringReplace[#, pat : #2 :> ToString[Highlighted@pat, StandardForm]] &;

f[string, stringPattern]

f[string <> " " <> string, stringPattern]

answered May 27 '21 at 11:11

kglr